Warm Cinnamon Apples 🍎 Easy & Delicious!

brown sugar

🥗Healthier: coconut sugar

💰Cheaper: white sugar

Coconut sugar has a lower glycemic index.

butter

🥗Healthier: coconut oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Coconut oil is dairy-free and adds a unique flavor.

walnuts

🥗Healthier: pumpkin seeds

💰Cheaper: sunflower seeds

Pumpkin seeds provide similar crunch and nutrition.

raisins

🥗Healthier: dried cranberries

💰Cheaper: sultanas

Dried cranberries offer a tart flavor contrast.

Get a skillet warming over medium heat with a bit of vegan butter or water.

Core two apples and thinly slice them.

Add the apple slices to the skillet and cook, stirring occasionally for about five minutes until the apple slices are noticeably softened.

If your skillet has a lid, you can put that on to speed up the process.

Sprinkle on one teaspoon of cinnamon and stir to coat the apples.

Add one and a half teaspoons of maple syrup or one to two teaspoons of sweetener of your choice.

If using frozen apple slices, skip the butter and put them directly on the warm skillet, draining any excess water before adding cinnamon and maple syrup.

Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C) and add some walnuts to a baking sheet.

While the oven preheats, get the apples started in the skillet.

After five minutes of cooking the apples, slide the walnuts in the oven for six to eight minutes.

Boil one and a half cups of water in a saucepan with a pinch of salt.

Add three quarter cup of quick cooking steel cut oats to the boiling water, lower the heat to a simmer, and cook for five minutes.

Remove the walnuts from the oven and set them aside to cool.

During the cooking time for the oats, peel and shred half a medium-sized carrot or pull some shredded carrot from your freezer.

Add half a cup of shredded carrot, a quarter cup of raisins, a quarter teaspoon of vanilla extract, a quarter teaspoon of cinnamon, and optionally a pinch of cardamom to the oats.

Optionally add a dash of sweetener or maple syrup and up to a quarter cup of oat milk for creaminess.

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